"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Shake dat ting Miss Cana, Cana
Shake dat ting Miss Annabella
Shake dat ting, yo, Donna, Donna
Jodi and Rebecca
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Just keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live 'pon di riddim when me ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' do you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem cyaan' vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Gyal, don't sweat it
Don't get agitate, gyal, gwan rotate
Cah anyting you want you know you must get it
From yuh name ah mention, don't ease di tension
Gyal, run di program, just gwan pet it
Yo, have a good time, gyal, free up unnuh mind
Cah nobody cyaan' diss, yuh man won't let it
Cah you ah di number one, gyal, wave yuh hand
Make dem see di weddin' band
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Jus keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live when di riddim it ah ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' tell you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Donna, Donna
Yo, Miss Jodi and di one name Rebecca, yo
Shake dat ting, yo, Joanna
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Dutty (yo), yeah, yo
Well, me go suh then
Sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
Fi get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name, yo, it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good, just turn me on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good just turn me on
Shake dat ting Miss Annabella
Shake dat ting, yo, Donna, Donna
Jodi and Rebecca
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Just keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live 'pon di riddim when me ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' do you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem cyaan' vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Gyal, don't sweat it
Don't get agitate, gyal, gwan rotate
Cah anyting you want you know you must get it
From yuh name ah mention, don't ease di tension
Gyal, run di program, just gwan pet it
Yo, have a good time, gyal, free up unnuh mind
Cah nobody cyaan' diss, yuh man won't let it
Cah you ah di number one, gyal, wave yuh hand
Make dem see di weddin' band
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Jus keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live when di riddim it ah ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' tell you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Donna, Donna
Yo, Miss Jodi and di one name Rebecca, yo
Shake dat ting, yo, Joanna
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Dutty (yo), yeah, yo
Well, me go suh then
Sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
Fi get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name, yo, it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good, just turn me on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good just turn me on
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